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Medical Society takes 'neutral' position on stem cell ballot initative Detroit News Sun, 04 May 2008 3:23 PM PDT After five years of supporting embryonic stem cell research, the Michigan State Medical Society changed its policy Sunday to a neutral position on the controversial issue that may appear on the November ballot. Senior Staff Writer BioWorld Sun, 04 May 2008 10:08 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO - An upcoming ballot initiative in California may pave a path for that state's scientists to better direct their stem cell research. A proposal to allocate $3 billion over 10 years to such research will go before voters in November. Enduring cancer without coverage Lawrence Journal-World Sun, 04 May 2008 10:12 PM PDT When Tracie Revis started her fight against cancer more than two years ago, she didn't expect to take on a health care system ill-equipped to handle an uninsured 20-something. After rounds of chemotherapy, radiation treatment and a stem cell transplant, it's still one of the few battles Revis has yet to win. Controlling embryonic fate by association EurekAlert! Sun, 04 May 2008 10:13 AM PDT Association determines fate in embryonic stem cells, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in a report that appears in the current issue of the journal Nature Cell Biology. Doctors push new mothers to donate umbilical cord blood WZZM 13 Grand Rapids Sun, 04 May 2008 4:35 AM PDT The umbilical cord blood contains precious stem cells that can treat: blood cancers, leukemia, sickle cell anemia and about 60 other diseases.

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